Verse 1:
Ever since a little girl/
She wanted to be a star/
But as a youngster Hollywood always seemed so far/
So at the age of 17 she packed up all her things/
And headed out west to the big city of dreams/
Auditionin’ waitin’ tables/
Just tryin’ to pay the rent/
Two days later she found out that all her money’s spent/
So she found a rich boyfriend who got her some bad habits/
Now she’s lovin’ the coke/
And livin’ like a savage/
Goin’ home boyfriend’s/
drunk high and passed out/
She woke him up he beat her ass and kicked her ass out/
Now she’s sleepin’ on the streets/
Her blankets yesterday’s paper/
Feenin’ for another hit it’s not the cold that’s got her shakin’/
So she got on a payphone and called her mom collect/
Beggin’ to come home and shakin’ as she wept/
She was back to North Dakota on the 9AM Amtrak/
The very next day/
she finally got a call back 
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In Hollywood/
Where dreams are only lost/
And people come to succeed no matter the cost/
In Hollywood/
On these streets made of gold/
And only half the stories are really ever told/
In Hollywood/
Where dreams are only lost/
And people come to succeed no matter the cost/
In Hollywood/
On these streets made of gold/
And only half the stories are really ever told/

 
Verse 2:
Now little Derek from the Valley down in Cali knew one thing/
Since his birth he was born to sing/
So he packed up his guitar his mic and his stand/
And headed out west to Hollywoodland/
He had a cousin there/
Who said he knew some people/
Said he found a producer who had worked with the Eagles/
He wrote song after song/
They said that they were hits/
Gave the ma 10 G’s and ain’t heard from him since/
Signed over his rights and his soul without thinkin’/
Finally heard his song but it wasn’t him singin’/
No royalty checks now he’s left sleepin’ under the stars/
To pay his rent he finally sold his guitar/
And that’s Hollywood Hollywood big city of dreams/
Everyone wears a disguise and nothin’s as it seems/
In Hollywood Hollywood big city of dreams/
Where you beg to be heard/
but you’re rarely ever seen/

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Bridge 2x:
In Hollywood Hollywood big city of dreams/
Everyone wears a disguise and nothin’s as it seems/
In Hollywood Hollywood big city of dreams/
Where you beg to be heard but you’re rarely ever seen/

Chorus